Last Saturday, October 17th, one day after my birthday but with no relation whatsoever, there was a big demonstration in Madrid to protest against the new law of abortion that the Government wants to pass. I will not discuss about the figures of demonstrators (that vary from a “specialized” agency of a mere 55.316 attendants to the organizers’ figure of more than a million people). Looking at the pictures, nobody can deny that there was A LOT of people. And more people, like myself, that couldn’t attend. But just for the records: more than 400 buses from all over Spain, several chartered planes and many trains full, not to mention people (like my sister, who drove more than 600 kms to be there) that used private means of transport. That alone surpasses the figure given by this specialized agency (specialized in lying, if you allow me). And, on top of that, I guess,somebodyfrom Madrid itself may have joined the demonstration...

Aerial view of the demonstration.

Also, I don’t want to argue whether a baby is a baby from the moment of conception, the moment of birth or any moment in between. For me it is clear: the transformation from whatever into a human being happens with conception, not after in a random moment. Therefore, to abort is to kill a human being (not only a “living being” like Ms. Aido, Minister of Equality (sic) and promoter of this law, has said). If it is a living being, and there seems to be no dispute about that, it has to be human, of course. There are many aspects in this law that are very wrong, like the fact that girls of 16 years can freely abort without not only the consent but also the knowledge of their parents. In adition, currently abortion in Spain is a crime, only that there is a law that allows in certain cases for a woman to abort. With the new law, abortion will no longer be a crime but a right. Nice move!

My complaints now are two: one is that it leaves the woman and the woman only to decide: there is no room for the baby’s father to say anything. But even more, the only decision the woman can take is to abort. This law does not help women, babies or families with problemswith anything other than killing the baby. Imagine a family with no resources to raise a child, or a child who will be born with some defect: this law helps to get rid of “the problem”, not to find alternative solutions, assistance to families or a fast and easy way to adopt babies from families that for whatever the reason will not be able or willing to raise them. The second complaint is that this is not a battle for ideologies right/left, or for feminists or for progressists. It is a fact that every time there is a voluntary abortion a child is killed into the until recently safest place on Earth for him/her (its mother’s womb). Abortion defendants call them simply “tissue”, like if you have a tumor and the doctors help you get rid of it. But the truth, the sad truth, is that many women are not too sure of what they face when they abort, and when they do it is too late and they have to live with the guilt for the rest of their lives, many falling into long and deep depressions. All because they lack information. Why are defendants so scared to fully inform and tell the truth about this? Why there were complaints when a school showed their teenage students pictures of what abortion is, with fetuses cut into pieces or burnt? Is it too cruel? To commit abortions is not cruel and to show the results is? How normal is this?

Just to finish today’s thoughts, a message for those who believe that I, being a man, can not understand and should not intervene in this debate. Well, if that was the case, can’t I demonstrate for any other genocide or foreign war? Can’t I complain for the killing of baby seals by Canadians or whales by Japanese? Because for the same reasons, since I am not a Canadian nor Japanese, I can not understand the problems and should refrain from even expressing my opinions. And I should also stop giving my help to Caritas and to Médecins Sans Frontières, and when I go to church, I should stop praying for those who suffer. But I won’t, because, for the time being, there is still room for me to do and to say what I believe correct.

El pasado sábado, 17, un día después de mi cumpleaños pero sin ninguna relación con el mismo, hubo una gran manifestación en Madrid para protestar contra la nueva ley del aborto que el Gobierno quiere aprobar. No quiero discutir sobre las cifras de manifestantes (que van desde los de una agencia “especializada” de unos meros 55.316 asitentes a la cifra de los organizadores de más de un millón de personas). Mirando las fotos, nadie puede negar que había UN MONTÓN de gente.Y mucha más gente, como yo mismo, que no pudo asistiBut just for the records: more than 400 buses from all over Spain, several chartered planes and many trains full, not to mention people (like my sister, who drove more than 600 kms to be there) that used private means of transport. That alone surpasses the figure given by this specialized agency (specialized in lying, if you allow me). And, on top of that, I guess, somebodyfrom Madrid itself may have joined the demonstration...

Also, I don’t want to argue whether a baby is a baby from the moment of conception, the moment of birth or any moment in between. For me it is clear: the transformation from whatever into a human being happens with conception, not after. Therefore, to abort is to kill a human being (not only a “living being” like Ms. Aido, Minister of Equality (sic) and promoter of this law, has said. If it is a living being, and there seems to be no dispute about that, it has to be human, of course. There are many aspects in this law that are very wrong, like the fact that girls of 16 years can freely abort without not only the consent but also the knowledge of their parents. In adition, currently abortion in Spain is a crime, only that there is a law that allows in certain cases for a woman to abort. With the new law, abortion will no longer be a crime but a right. Nice move!

My complaints now are two: one is that it leaves the woman and the woman only to decide: there is no room for the baby’s father to say anything. But even more, the only decision the woman can take is to abort. This law does not help women, babies or families with problems with anything other than killing the baby. Imagine a family with no resources to raise a child, or a child who will be born with some defect: this law helps to get rid of “the problem”, not to find alternative solutions, assistance to families or a fast and easy way to adopt babies from families that for whatever the reason will not be able or willing to raise them. The second complaint is that this is not a battle for ideologies right/left, or for feminists or for progressists. It is a fact that every time there is a voluntary abortion a child is killed into the until recently safest place on Earth for him/her (its mother’s womb). Abortion defendants call them simply “tissue”, like if you have a tumor and the doctors help you get rid of it. But the truth, the sad truth, is that many women are not too sure of what they face when they abort, and when they do it is too late and they have to live with the guilt for the rest of their lives, many falling into long and deep depressions. All because they lack information. Why are defendants so scared to fully inform and tell the truth about this? Why there were complaints when a school showed their teenage students pictures of what abortion is, with fetuses cut into pieces or burnt? Is it too cruel? To commit abortions is not cruel and to show the results is? How normal is this?

Just to finish, this is the exact reproduction of a foetus 12 weeks old looks like. Does it look just like tissue or more like a tiny little baby to you?